William Homer THORNBERRY

(1909-1995)

THORNBERRY, William Homer,
a Representative from Texas; born in Austin, Travis County, Tex.,
January 9, 1909; attended the public schools; B.B.A., University of
Texas, 1932; LL.B., University of Texas, 1936; admitted to the bar
in 1936; lawyer, private practice; member of the Texas state house
of representatives, 1936-1941; district attorney of the fifty-third
judicial district of Texas, 1941-1942; United States Navy,
1942-1946; member of the Austin, Tex., city council, 1946-1948,
mayor pro tempore, 1947-1948; delegate at large to the Democratic
National Conventions, 1956 and 1960; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-first and to the seven succeeding Congresses, served until
his resignation on December 20, 1963 (January 3, 1949-December 20,
1963); United States district judge for the western district of
Texas, 1963-1965, circuit judge of the United States Court of
Appeals of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1965-1995; nominated to the
United States Supreme Court, 1968; died on December 12, 1995, in
Austin, Tex.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present